To publicize the project, invite people to participate and clarify any doubts, we organized a public session “Telheiras Renewable Energy Community: what does it consist of? What are the benefits? How can I participate?” on the 8th of May, between 6 pm and 7.30 pm, in the Auditorium of the Orlando Ribeiro Library. For those unable to attend in person, the session was also streamed via Zoom. Around 50 people participated on-site, 40 participated online.

Session agenda

Welcome - Dr. Ricardo Mexia, President of the Parish Council of Lumiar

How did the Telheiras Energy Community project come about? – Luís Keel Pereira, Telheiras Local Partnership

Technical support from the European Energy Poverty Advisory Hub to Lumiar and Telheiras - Dr. João Pedro Gouveia, Energy Poverty Advisory Hub & CENSE, FCT-NOVA

Renewable energy communities: the pilot project in Telheiras - Luís Cachinho and Miguel Almeida, Coopérnico

Telheiras Renewable Energy Community: why and how to participate? – Miguel Macias Sequeira, CER Telheiras Working Group, Telheiras Local Partnership

Questions and answers

This pilot project is being developed by Parceria Local de Telheiras and the Parish Council of Lumiar, with technical support from Coopérnico and CENSE FCT-NOVA within the scope of the European Energy Poverty Advisory Hub. The idea of CER Telheiras arose from the Ideas in Network process – a collection of ideas carried out by Parceria Local with the people of Telheir in 2020 – and, since November 2021, a group of volunteers from the neighborhood has been developing the project until it is ready for the Implementation.